Northwestern senior and graduate student-athletes joined their peers on Ryan Field Friday morning to participate in the school's 158th Commencement ceremony.

Head football coach Pat Fitzgerald and his assistant coaches joined NU's graduating student-athletes and their families for a pre-graduation reception at the Nicolet Football Center, while NU for Life held a pre-graduation reception in Anderson Hall.

Here are some of the sights from a sun-splashed morning in Evanston:
 

 

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